Cream separator



Sept.l 16, 1930. HARVEY CREAM sEPARAToR Filed June 2l, 1929 IIVVENTOR. L H/ Vex v A TTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 16, 17930 UNITED STATES PATENT! PFIC'E IVAN L. HARVEY, F Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoR 0F ONE-THIRD vTo FRANCIS C. sWARTz AND MARY ci.Y swARTz AND ONE-THIRD 'ro NORA P. MQCABE, ALL 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Application led Y.Tune 21,

This invention relates to improvements in cream separators. Y.

The generalvobject of the invention is to provide a sanitary Aand eiiicient cream separator for household use.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a disc cream separator having novei means for operating the same in separating the cream from the milk in a milkbottle.

A further object of the invention is 'to previde a novel connection for securing the handle on a disc cream separator.

Gther objects and the advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved device. f

Fig. 2 is a side View of the device shown in Fig. 1L Y Fig. 3 is a section through the top portion of a milk bottle showing my device being inserted therein and showing part of the device in section.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showingl the device moved to a position wherein the body portion thereof forms a bulkhead between the cream and the milk. Y

` Referring to the drawings by reference vice generally at 10. As shown this device comprises a flexible body portion 12 which is preferably made of a good grade of rubber and includes an enlarged central portion 12n and a thinner more flexible outer portion 12b. Embedded in the enlarged portion 12a I provide a connecting member 11i which includes a head 14a and a shank 14h which projects beyond the body portion.

One end of a link 15 is pivotally connected to the shank 14h at 16 and the opposite end of' the link is pivotally connected as at 17 to a flattened portion 18 of an operating handle 19. The end of the operating handle 19 adjacent the link 15 is bent at right angles to form a stop 2O while the opposite end is bent to form a loop 21.

In Fig. 3 Ihave shown the device as being inserted into the neck 22 of a milk bottle 28. To insert the device 10 in the neck of a bottle f' characters `I have indicated my improved de- CREAMY sEPAnAToR" Y' 1929,` srie; No. stacco.

the operating handle 19 is moved to a position whereiny the stop 2O rests on the body portion12and'then the'body is turned up around the handle and: inserted inthe neck of the bottle ina vertical-position and moved downward until iti reaches a position below the cream level. Thelhandle 19 is' then moved upward whichv through the` medium of the link 15 and theconneeting .member 14 swings the body portion 12t'o ahorizontal position as shownz inv Fig. 4. In this position the flexibleouter portion 12h engages the shoulder' ofthe bottle so that the body 12 forms `an effective bulkhead betweenthecream Vand the After thecreamhasfbeen poured vthe body `portionf12 may be again moved to a vertical'position by a slight downward movement of the handle 19 and thenremoved in the saine Anfianner as. it* was 'inserted,for Vit may be, removed `by n merely pulling nthe 'han-V dle19`straight upwardwhereupon the resilient body 12 will flex as itis drawn out through the neck 22. l

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have provided an improved cream separator which is simple in construction, sanitary and eiicient in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cream separator, a body portion, a

handle, a connecting member, said connectp ing member secured to said body, a link, one end of said link being pivotally connected to said handle and the opposite end of said link being pivotally connected to saidconnecting member and a stop portion on said n handle adapted when said handle is in a position at right angles to said body to engage said connecting member.

2. In a cream separator, a resilient body portion, a handle, a connecting member, said connecting member being embedded in said body adjacent the center thereof and having a portion thereof projecting beyond said body, a link, one end of said link being pivotally connected to said handle and the Opposite end of said link being pivotally connected to said connecting member, a stop portion on said handle adjacent said link, said:

stop being adapted When said handle is in a position at right` angles to said body to engage said connecting member.

3. In a cream separator, a body portion, 15 a handle, said body portion including an enlarged central portion having a relatively thin flexible portion therearound,a connectfy ing member, said member including a head and a shank, said head being embedded in said enlarged portion of said body andjsaid shank extending beyond said body, a link,l one end of said link being pivotally con`r nected to said shank and the opposite end of said link being pivotally connected to said handle, a stop portion at the end of said handle adjacent said link, said stop being adapted when said handle is in a position at right angles to said body to engage said shank of said connecting member. 'i 5c 4. In a cream separator, a resilient body portion, a handle, a connecting member, said connecting member being connected to said body adjacent the center thereof and having a portion thereof projecting beyond said Si body, a link, one end of said link being pivotally connected to said handle and the opposite end of said link being pivotally. co nnected to said connecting member, said handle including al grasping' portion and a pore@ tion adjacentsaid link and projecting beyond said link, said4 last mentioned portion being adapted to engage said body between the cen; ter and peripheryI thereof to, aidin manipulating said body. l5 Invitestimony whereof, I. hereunto aixmy signature. Y

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